The hotly anticipated Maserati Alfieri sports car won’t appear until at least 2020, as the Italian performance marque shuffles its production schedule to fast-track the replacement for the ageing GranTurismo and GranCabrio before the end of the decade.

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According to a new report by the UK’s Autocar, Maserati has confirmed the launch of the successors to the GranTurismo and GranCabrio twins - likely to land around 2018 - before the Alfieri after a previous production plan hinted at their demise.

“The GranTurismo and GranCabrio will not be dropped,” said Giulio Pastore, general manager for Maserati’s European arm.

“We won’t forget that Maserati is very well known in its history for beautiful 2+2 GT cars and we will replace them, then the Alfieri.”

Above: Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale

In August, another report by the British publication quoted Harald Wester, former Maserati boss and current chief technology officer at parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), indicating the next-generation GranTurismo would be very different from the current car, and that the GranCabrio could be dropped due to low demand in China.

Meanwhile, it seems the wait for the company’s Jaguar F-Type and Porsche 911 competitor, the Alfieri, could be a long one.